Skægmejse and Open Freezer

Ringing this morning was relatively slow, but Kirsten managed to get some good practice in with bird extraction and ringing. The birds were slow and it was looking like a short session due to the incoming rain so we decided to close the following round. We closed together and the birds seemed to wake up as we were doing so with double the amount of birds we had all morning in one round and a lot more diversity, with a new species in Skagen and ringing for me and Mathilde in the shape of Bearded tits or readings (skægmejse) and a nice fresh new icterine warbler (Gulbug) possibly from the pair we recatch regularly near Kabletromlen. Back at the station we entered some data from the morning and at 12:30 began preparing for the open freezer event we had down outside the Lab. After the rain we had expected little people but a decent turnout for Simon arrived to hear the talk about the different birds we have in the freezer at the moment, their stories and what is to become of them.

Mathilde then went out for the rest of the afternoon with her parents who are taking the opportunity to visit and explore Skagen who have also kindly offered to prepare dinner for everyone this evening so we look forward to that!

rinngmærkning:

Gransanger 3

Gulbug 1

Gærdesanger 2

Skægmejse 2

Munk 1

Tornsanger 15

Solsort 1

Total 25

Folk på stationen: Mathilde Ducroz, Frank Osterberg, Lisa Vergin, Kirsten og Simon S Christiansen

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